OCZ vs Enermax?

[Ice Czar]

keep in mind that power consumption figures especially for the GPU & CPU isnt readilly available information, for CPUs we have thermal design parameters which is the other side of the coin to power, energy is energy, it cant be destroyed, After we make it jump through somehoops its "lost" as heat, still energy. There may well be some overestimation there.

For GPUs its even more hidden and while a spec might call for 75W or 150W what the GPU(s) actually employ (and the rest of the card) is rarely definatively determined, at least to us.

the reason you see dual core development now is that it has effectively doubled the processing power with only a 10 > 15% increase in the power consumpution\thermal gain
addressing that is where manufacturers are at they can no longer just keep dumping in more watts and dealing with more heat, it effects the reliability of the circuits via electromigration

 

[TSS Modder]

it may only be a 15$ diff, but im already overbudget for my next PC as it is, and im trying to effectively cut corners everywhere i can.

it doesnt look like ill be gettin dual cores, but SLI is a highly viable option w/in the next year. my current list of components are AMD A64 3200+ Venice, DFI SLI-D, 2GB Crucial, 1 250GB SATA, at this point a 6800GT, but a 7800GT is quite possible, and a few fans.

i know that both seasonics will hold up, and theyre both SLI certified. but as long as power designs dont change too much (like moving from ATX12V v2.0 to a newer standard) do you think id be able to use it in a few years from now. or would it just be better to sell the system and start from scratch again?